Bilingual Recreation Specialist II - St. Pj's Children's Home

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Job Type

Part-time

Description

Workday: Friday-Sunday

Work Hours: Friday-Saturday (10:00am

• 5:30pm), Sunday (10:00 am

• 2:00 pm)

Location: 919 Mission Road, San Antonio, TX 78210

Mission: The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.

Summary:

Under the general direction of the Assistant Program Director, the Recreation Specialist is responsible for the coordination and implementation of daily recreational activities for UAC in accordance with agency policy, TDFPS Minimum Standards and ORR Policy. This includes ensuring a safe, clean and organized environment for structured and unstructured activities that enhance quality of life for UAC, support pro-social behaviors, and promote acculturation.

Position Responsibilities:

• *Designing, scheduling and facilitating age-appropriate activities for the residents, including cultural and spiritual activities.

• *Ensuring educational services are provided in a manner that promotes best practices and facilitates the optimum delivery of quality trauma informed care to UAC.

• *Ensuring that UAC receive at least one hour per day of outdoor, unstructured leisure activities and one hour per day of structured activity (outdoor recreation is increased to a total of three hours per day on weekends and holidays).

• *Creating a monthly recreation calendar that includes cultural and spiritual activities.

• Maintaining recreational supplies and equipment inventory.

• *Ensuring that necessary supplies, equipment, and directions/instructions are available for all unstructured and structured activities.

• Working with the volunteer coordinator to recruit, train, and monitor viable program volunteers who have specialized skills or talent to share with residents.

• Working with community organizations, groups, and businesses to procure special activities and events for the residents.

• Collaborating with the domestic services in the planning and implementation of campus-wide activities and events.

• Coordinating and scheduling at least one off-campus recreational field trip per month.

Competencies:

Adaptability

Communication

Critical Thinking

Customer Service

Teamwork

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education

• A bachelor's degree in the behavioral sciences, human services or social services fields; or

• Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent plus two years of employment experience in the child welfare field planning activities for children and/or adolescents.

• Experience

• Minimum one year experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.

• License and Credentials

• Reliable transportation.

• Valid driver license.

• Valid vehicle insurance.

Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children.

• Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from healthcare provider verifying previous infection.

• MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases.

• DTaP or DTap: Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood, one DTaP dose in adulthood.

• Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills:

• Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as policy and procedures and program standards.

• Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before individuals and groups.

• *Bilingual: Fluent in English/Spanish with regards to reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language.

• Must be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, organize and manage responsibilities, and prioritize duties and assignments.

• Must possess strong assessment skills and the ability to remain calm and composed in crisis situations.

• Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, work well independently and on a team.

• Must have good critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Travel Requirements:

Travel requirements for the position includes 0% local and 0% overnight.

Physical Requirements:

The position requires the following physical demands in the frequency noted.

C = Constantly (2/3 or more of the time) O = Occasionally (Up to 1/3 of the time)

F = Frequently (From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) R = Rarely (less than on hour per week)

Physical Demands

Frequency

Lifting up to 20 pounds

F

Reach above shoulder height.

F

Sitting

F

Reach below shoulder height.

F

Walking

F

Driving

F

Running

O

Stooping

F

Standing

F

Pushing

F

Bending waist (forward or sideways)

F

Pulling

F

Balancing

F

Talking

F

Squatting

F

Hearing

F

Climbing

F

Crawling

O

Repetitive motions

F

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.

St. PJ's Children's Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit The Archdiocese of San Antonio website at www.stpjhome.org. You must apply through the website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.

Salary Description

$18.90